Clostridium perfringens food poisoning leads to diarrhea, because the

A) toxin causes the shedding of the intestinal lining.
B) permeability of the intestinal epithelium is altered by the toxin it produces.
C) disease causes such extreme thirst that the patient drinks more water than can be absorbed.
D) organism multiplies more rapidly than the immune system can handle.


Answer: B

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